Re: weird macro params issue

On 2008.05.22., at 14:44, Felix Gnass wrote:

> My preferred solution would be, if it was possible to mark  
> parameters as
> optional. This way there would be no need to introduce a new keyword
> (like "null").
>
> <#macro foo bar baz!>
>    <#if !baz??>
>        <#local baz = bar />
>    </#if>
> </#macro>
>
> If this was possible, I'd vote for not supporting the "weird defaults"
> at all.

"Weird defaults" - I like the name :-) Well, consider how the "weird  
defaults" would cut down the character count in your above example  
considerably; that's basically how I think of them - a syntactic  
replacement for a bunch <#if> statements.

Attila.


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